Emil Gilels was born on October 19, 1916 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a composer, known for Kello (1984), Dem Leben sei Dank (1991) and I pakt med fjellet (1993). He was married to Rosa Tamarkina and Farizet Almahsitovna Hutsistova. He died on October 14, 1985 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].
